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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Flower Power - Part I Boys

Botanical names are often chosen for both their sound and there meaning and have been chosen virtually since the dawn of naming. On boys, yes they are a little unexpected but some of the most popular names like Oliver and Bailey have botanical meaning.

PS. Don't you just love Fraser's meaning! Fancy naming a boy strawberry - Just precious! As well as the nickname Huck for Huckleberry. And Oleander makes me think of the wand maker from Harry Potter but still another fave.

5 comments:

I love Fraser, but have a Scottish Mac surname. Fraser MacKenzie sounds like a law firm! Boo! I love flower names and always find the boys wildly underrepresented. Thanks for this list! Some other favorites of mine from this list:Oliver, Perry. Fabian (I knew the most darling one!), Basil, Orrin's cool. Rowan, Reed, Valerian, Sylvester & Silvio both and Axel. I also like Sorrel, which I didn't see on this list. And William, for Sweet William!

AxelFabian-one of my top male namesOliverAlderAsh/AshleyBasil-a favorite for a long timeThorne-though I like it sans ECedar-I think this is awesome. I'd never have the guts to use it myself.Rowan-love this!Valerian-I also really like the feminine version of ValerianaForrest-I do prefer the Forest spellingHuckleberry-gp, makes an awesome mnSylvesterHeath Birch